The unavailability of Sarfaraz Khan because of viral fever has left a huge void in the Mumbai batting line-up in this Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Karnataka. With the early dismissal of Test opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Musheer Khan for five and one, respectively, to the impressive new-ball operators Vidwath Kaverappa and Vidyadhar Patil, it seemed Mumbai’s long tail started earlier than expected.

Cashing in on the brittle Mumbai batting in fine bowler-friendly conditions, India  quick Prasidh Krishna rocked the middle-order to leave Mumbai in the doldrums, bowled out for 120. Karnataka replied with 110-2 at stumps, just 10 behind. Krishna’s 3-21 — all his wickets coming in one spell of 5-2-9-3 post lunch in which he picked up the wickets of Suryansh Shedge, Akash Anand and Shams Mulani, the last two off successive deliveries — out-shadowed the impressive performances of Kaverappa (3-38) upfront and leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal (3-4), who polished off the tail.